Light a candle, Diya: when India was lit during the coronavirus blockade | India News

NEW DELHI: Citizens across the country lit diyas, candles, and lit their mobile lights and torches on Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for a 9-minute blackout to dispel the “darkness” spread by the coronavirus.

When the clock struck nine o’clock at night, the lights went out in most houses and people gathered on the balconies, turning on moving lights while some lit candles and candles.

Firecrackers also exploded and conch shells were voiced to express a collective resolve to destroy the gloom created by the pandemic.

PM Modi lit a lamp after turning off all the lights at his residence on Sunday night, joining the country on the way to mark struggles against the coronavirus.

PM tweeted a Sanskrit shloka which means: “Greetings in the light of the lamp which brings auspiciousness, health and prosperity, which destroys hostile feelings; greetings in the light of the lamp.”

“President Kovind with the First Lady and family members joined their fellow citizens in demonstrating collective solidarity and positivity by lighting candles. He expressed his gratitude to all Indians for showing resolve and resistance in the fight against COVID-19.”

President Kovind with the First Lady and family members joined their fellow citizens in mass demonstrations … https://t.co/5NtAMhBURc

The prime minister on Friday urged people to turn off the lights in their homes and light mobile phone lamps, candles or torches for nine minutes at 9 p.m. on April 5 to show the country’s “collective resolve” to overcomecoronavirus.

This is the second timeModi He has tried to rally people amid the ongoing blockade.

On March 24Modi announced a 21-day blockade across the country from March 25 to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming that social distancing was the only way to deal with the deadly virus.